Hero Kids - Fantasy RPG

Hero Kids is the ENnie award-winning fantasy RPG for kids aged from 4 to 10. This game offers a fast and fun introduction to RPGs, perfect for younger kids who are just getting interested in role-playing games.

NOTE: The print option includes the core rules, heroes, and monsters. Select the Print + PDF option (no extra cost) to also get the introductory adventure and printable heroes and monsters.

EXTRA NOTE: The Hero Kids - Complete PDF Bundle includes a 50% discount coupon for the softcover print version of Hero Kids - Fantasy RPG (the coupon is emailed to you when you buy the bundle). So if you want the whole lot (PDFs and print version of the rules), buy the bundle then use the coupon to buy the softcover print version of Hero Kids - Fantasy RPG for half price!

Hero Kids has a simple combat and adventuring system which avoids the complex maths of full-blown systems. Hero Kids' opposed dice pool system also keeps the players involved in the game even when it's not their turn.

The combat and adventuring mechanics in Hero Kids are based on six-sided dice, so you don't need to find any unusual dice to play!

The core game comes in a 39-page PDF and includes all of the rules and play instructions, as well as 10 heroes for the kids to play, plus a set of 8 basic monsters (and all of the separate adventures come with additional monsters). The game includes male and female heroes, including Warriors, Hunters, and Warlocks as well as unique heroes like the Rogue, Brute, Healer, and Knight. All of the heroes and monsters also come with printable stand-up minis to use in combat encounters.

Additionally, this basic game pack also includes the 19-page introductory adventure 'Basement O Rats', which comes with an extra monster and five illustrated printable encounter maps. Can the kids rescue their friend Roger from the unusually large rats that have overrun the tavern basement?

Hero Kids has undergone and extensive development and playtesting to ensure the game is as simple, addictive, and engaging as possible. But don't believe me, listen to the actual players:

"The game was great, we were off and playing within a few minutes of reading the rules!"

"Was woken up at 6am this morning by my son, saying he wanted to play Hero Kids right now! There's no such thing as going back to sleep in a 7yo's universe!"

"The game was simple enough for my precocious three-year-old to enjoy, and my five year old to not be distracted from. With the included adventure we all had a lot of fun, including me."

"The art in the book is great: the character portraits are great and very evocative, bringing forth things kids interested in this will probably be familiar with anyway. There's a character who resembles Rapunzel from Disney's Tangled, another who reminds me of Prince Zuko from Avatar: The Last Airbender."

"The game mechanics are easy to understand and fast enough to keep young players interested and do not get in the way of the story that is unfolding."

"The only real complaint I have is that there aren't full-page coloring pages available for each of the character portraits, something my kids (and myself!) would really enjoy."

"The design is clever, well thought out, and guaranteed to make you jealous that you didn't come up with it first."

"Providing stand-ups for each character helped a lot as well - it saved me from having to dig through my existing figures to find ones that resembled the children, and it reused the wonderful art."

"A great 'starter' rpg for kids, and even better gaming experience for parents to play with their kids. The core rpg experience has been boiled down to its bare essentials here. It only takes about 15-20 minutes to read the entire rulebook and have a good enough grasp on the rules to play your first session. Games will typically take under 30 minutes to play, which short for a typical rpg session, but absolutely perfect when playing with kids."

my printer friendly version of the pdf wont print everything on all the pages, partial pages on many of them only. I cant print full pages from the version with the antiqued pages but that chews through my ink.

Justin HFebruary 10, 2015 11:50 am UTC

PUBLISHER

Hi Rob, I haven't heard of this problem before. What program/OS are you using to print the PDF? You can email me directly at justinhalliday@gmail.com. Justin

Erin KJanuary 02, 2015 3:06 pm UTC

PURCHASER

Is there a pdf version that has the pages split so it fit will fit onto a kindle screen?

Justin HJanuary 03, 2015 1:09 am UTC

PUBLISHER

Hi Erin, I don't include one in the bundle because it will further bloat the download size. But I do have a digest size PDF which is made for the print version. Drop me an email at justinhalliday(a)gmail(dot)com and I'll email you the PDF.

Pat GJune 13, 2014 2:22 pm UTC

PURCHASER

Is there a community site for fan made adventures for those of us who like pre-made content?

Justin HJune 14, 2014 12:14 am UTC

PUBLISHER

Not that I know of, but I'm happy to link them from http://herokidsrpg.blogspot.com

I played AD&D for over 15 years (as player and DM), so i could easily build something for my kids (6 and 8 years old). I somehow end up on this set... im glad i did; not only saved me a lot of trouble by simplifying rules; i should add, very intelligentl [...]

Haven't had a chance to play this with my boys, but seems well thought out. Really nicely described complexity progression for different age/abilities. I was disappointed that there weren't more female characters in the core rulebook: they start with [...]

I've played this game with my two daughters, ages 4 and 5, and they really seemed to have liked it. They managed to play through the entire beginning scenario without stopping. I was a bit surprised. The system is very simple, and I have to say that [...]

This game was all I hoped for and more! My 4-and-a-half year old and I played it tonight for the first time (thanks to the PDF version, because he just couldn't stand to wait another week or so for the soft cover to arrive), and as soon as we finished, [...]

Having been an RPG player as a kid I was looking for a way to share that experience with my two kids, 8 & 6. Hero Kids is fantastic fun for all of us! I get to be the controlling GM, adjusting play as needed for their experience. The kids get to delve [...]

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